Anyone got an M30 & a Z3 shifter?

Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:02 pm

As above! I've still got my Z3 2.8 shifter on the car, but I think it's catching on something when I nail it in first or second... Has anyone had the same issue? Don't really want to swap to a 1.9, & there's no way I'm going back to standard! Can you 'adjust' (ie bend / grind!) the gear linkage for more clearance?

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Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:24 pm

You can bend the lever up to a point. If you bend the lever too much the gear lever will be too far from neutral position to work I would have thought.

Is it catching on the prop donut surround? (you can remove the surround and just leave the donut)

Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:29 pm

What surround?! It caught on the M20 one so I junked it straight away (years ago)... The M30 one's significantly bigger though. Need to have a look at where it's catching, but I certainly suspect it's there.

I remember looking at the lever with the thought of bending it when I originally fitted it, but I wasn't convinced it would be doable to any worthwhile extent...

Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:16 pm

i fiitted one on my touring when i did it and there was no problem

Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:19 pm

Ziggy, your cab is a pre facelift iirc, if so im sure there is an article somewhere on here that describes having to bend the lever slightly for pre facelifts.

Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:29 pm

Having said that, you have a completeley different gearbox with the M30 so it may well be different from the original pre facelift problem.

Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:56 pm

bend it or remove the vibration damper from prop....

Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:49 pm

i have no vibration damper on my m30 and i have a z3 1.9 shifter and it's all fine. very slick too and still a worthwhile upgrade over the standard one though probably not quite as good as the 2.8 one...

Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:48 pm

bigdek wrote:i fiitted one on my touring when i did it and there was no problem

2.8 or 1.9?

gooner1 wrote:Ziggy, your cab is a pre facelift iirc, if so im sure there is an article somewhere on here that describes having to bend the lever slightly for pre facelifts.

Don't know where cabs fit in to that - they're pre-facelift in some ways & post in others! Didn't need to bend it with the m20 anyway...

Karan wrote:bend it or remove the vibration damper from prop....

As above, I don't have one... The vibration damper would have hit on an m20 guibo, - no chance with an m30 sized one! Guess I'll be giving bending it a go...

Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:50 pm

gareth wrote:i have no vibration damper on my m30 and i have a z3 1.9 shifter and it's all fine. very slick too and still a worthwhile upgrade over the standard one though probably not quite as good as the 2.8 one...

Myself & E30Adam drove his car with the 1.9 & mine with the 2.8 on the same day (as fitting mine!) - I don't know if he ever got round to upgrading, but he was planning it at the time...

Standard ones are just 'orrible!